Inscribed from Author to Editor of “La Plume” Magazine
Mes Souvenirs les Boulevards de 1840-1870.
Paris: Calmann Lévy, Éditeur, 1884.
Price: $200.00
About the item
Third edition (same year as first). 349 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed from Author to Editor of “La Plume” Magazine. Half red morocco, marbled boards. Text marked throughout in blue pencil, upper joint split, needs rebbacking.
Item #59952
Half title inscribed: “Á mon jeune confrère et ami Léon Deschamps directeur de la Plume. Trés sympathique Hommage. Gustave Claudin."
La Plume (1889-1913) was one of the most important journals of the period. It was founded by Deschamps and included contributions from all the various literary currents afoot: Symbolism, Decadentism, Occultism, Regionalism, etc. It contains many special issueson such figures as Moréas, Baudelaire, Verlaine, and such schools as the Félibres, the Décadents, and the Occultists.
